Veteran British actor Sir Patrick Stewart has laughed off a blunder by editors at a U.K. newspaper after he was mistakenly labeled gay.

The “Star Trek” icon, who has been married to three women over the years, hit headlines on Monday (when a writer for Britain’s The Guardian described him as gay in an article about actress Ellen Page, who “came out” over the weekend.

The original article read, “Some gay people, such as Sir Patrick Stewart, think Page’s coming out speech is newsworthy,” and editors at the publication – which frequently campaigns to improve press standards – have since issued a correction.

Stewart has now spoken out about the incident and laughed it off in a series of humorous posts on his
Twitter.com page.

He writes, “But @guardian I have, like, five or even SEVEN hetero friends and we totally drink beer and eat lots of chicken wings!… Well, @guardian it makes for a nice change… at least I didn’t wake up to the internet telling me I was dead again.”

Well, @guardian it makes for a nice change…at least I didn't wake up to the internet telling me I was dead again.